Improved machine tor cutting soap



5&0/ (falling/Wada@ 7371 4 PATENTE@ JAN 28 1868 w .U v VA J osare Hansi ELD', o F NEWA Y enfle, N Y. l Letters Patent No. 78,714,1atadyanuary 28, 18,68.

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TOALL WHOM IT MAY CGNCERN:

Be it known that I, JOSE'PII HADFIELmof 13 Rutgers Place,- of YNew York city,'county and-State of 'New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement irl-Machinery forA Cutting Soap; and I do hereby declare that the following is a clear, full, and exact description thereof, wvhioh will enablev those skilled in the art to` make' and use the same, reference being had to the' accompauyingdraiving, forming part ofthis specification, in which drawing-f- Figure 1 represents a .pla'n view of ama-chine that contains my improvement. v Figure 2 is a cross-section. v l Figure 3 is a-detaehe'd view, partly in section, of the cutter-ramel This invention relates to machinery or apparatus vfor cutting slabs of soap into bars.

The letter A designates the fame which supports the'operative parts, the' said frame being provided with two sets ofvbars, l 1, and one set A*of hars, 2 2., which extend from the front of the frame backwards as farasthe cuttingfframe RLonWhich bars, 1 2, the table oi' the machine is supported. The letter'B designates a shaft plaoedtransversely of the frame A, beneththe' bars 1 2, and earrying pinions. I"I, one of whichis seen in-v iig. 2, which engage the teeth racks E. E, that-are supported'byand guided between the bai-s1 1', above mer tioned. p

The said racks are, byV means of sadshaft and'pinions, moved to and fro-iu their'guides, l,and their motions are communicated to the follower D, and to the table`C, which is beneath the follower, by the. following means:

'The said racks are' directly connectedto thensaid follower by arms which extend 4upwards through slits, L Le made in .the table,from near its ,front edge to near its rear;edge,as is indicated by thelnum'erals-S 3, iig. 1,so that'the follorerlalways moves along with the racks. f i

i The table is moved towardsthe cutter-frame Yrby means of a spriug-latch, K, which is secured beneath the surface of the front part' of the table, such a manner as to engage the under side' of thefol1wer1henthe latter is moving towards the right, observing Eg. 2l

The said latch is placed at the centre of the width of the table, over'the vacant spacebetrreen the two eentrallbars, 2 2, and it is opened seas to disconnect the table and follower by means of a cam, J, placed between said bars 2 2, in such alocation that the cam operates on'the `tail of thelatch, to thro it up Yat thetimeth -rear end of the table has reached the critter-frame.

The object ofthe' movable tahIeCis to support and'p'resent the slab ofvsoap to the revolving printing-roller M, bywhich it is marked or printed witlrthe Yname of-,the manufacturer, or other characters,

The said printingroller,M, is mounted in boxes, which are arranged to have vertical motion in the framesV N by means o i' the screws-O O; and saidiroller is constructed offrings or collars, pl a'ced next toveach other on' a p'laineylinder, such ringsor collars having on their periphery whatever'letters or characters are vto be impressed on the soap. 'The Iroller M is rotated from shaft B by means of a tr'ain of gearihg, F F F2, seen in iig. 1, and'partlyseen in g. 2, the'gear-wheel I being on one end of: the shaftB, and the gear-Wheel F on the corresponding end of. the printing-roller, while the intermediate Wheels nre onlthe hinged bars G H. v The hat G extends downwards from the endof the printing-roller, its upper'end being hung loosely on the'journal of the Wheel l?, while its lower en d is placed loosely; on the stud which carries the intermediate gear-wheel F2. The barA H is connected to lthe end oi'tshait 13,50 that it can turn thereon, and at'its end it has a stud, on which is placed the said Wheel Fzfwhich engages niith the gear-wheel I bf the shaft, and also-with Wheel IFI, which is placed on a stud on bar G, in such a position as to engage both wheels F2 and F. '.lhe gear-wheels-I, F?, F1, F, and Il, arelof the same diameter, consequently the printing-roller and the racks E and table C are moved at the same speed and in the same direction, so that a slab ofsoap is moved beneath the pri1iting-roller in such a manner that it is 'brought in contact with the roller, and becomes printed or impressed'in parallel lines with the names-or ycharacters on the roller. When the table stops, throughthe operation of the cam .l on itslateh, the follower continuesits movement, and' pushes the slab'ef soap onwards'towards and against the cutter-frame R, whose' \vires,z,divide`the soap into strips, the edge of the follower being provided with slots, 4, which are arranged so as to be opposite the several wires, which consequently enter said slots after the soap has been cut entirely through, and the wires aretherreby preserved from being injured or broken by contact'with the follower.

i 5.4 The mostening-rolleQ, arranged and combind with the ,printing-rolleiM, snbtantialiy as n for the Iiurpose described.

` 6.4 The ctting-rame R, mud@ snbstantiallyns desciibed, with the truss Y, and straining-screws X X V for tightening th wire z.

7. Making the several Glitters of tTnQVcutting-fmm of a single sun-nd of wire, bstaniail'ylas desc-Yihad. 8. 'The transverse utting-wref, combined and arranged substuntiailljy as described, `with he sliding rods c", thev siotted tube cl,.tl1e springs c, :ind the shaft B, wherebythe Soap is divided 'transverselyduring ch return movnxent of the table.' i i y This apeciieation signed by me, this 25th day of November', 1867.

' Witnesses:

GUsTAv BERG, Join; C' Po'LLmz.

JOSEPH ADFIELD. 

